Arafat was never a "Palestinian"

Submitted by Michael S. (United States), Nov 21, 2014 at 14:54

Hi, Jana. Thanks for giving it a read.

I guess I could claim to be part of an "Oregonian People", seeing that Oregon became a state in 1859 (105 years before Yasser Arafat proclaimed a "Palestinian State"). I would be lying, of course: We didn't move here until a few years ago.

All the best.

BTW. Yasser Arafat was born in Egypt, of an Egyptian father. He never saw Israel until 1933, when it was a British Mandate. He might claim "British" heritage, or "Jewish Mandate" heritage; but not "Ancient Palesintian". He only lived four years in (mostly Jewish) Jerusalem as a child, then returned to Egypt.

In short, he was a fraud. So is "Palestine".

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